I love collecting Ultimates-style figures of my favorite cartoon bad guys. I share pictures of them all over my Instagram and I’ve even posted an article here about which figures I want to be released CONTINUE READING…
The word sidekick is different in cartoons than it is in comics. Sidekicks in comics tend to be characters who act as younger versions of the main character, like Robin to Batman or Speedy to CONTINUE READING…
Wyatt, Adam and Kevin share stories from RetroCon 2024 including meet-ups with fellow Geekster contributors, celebrity encounters and what retro collectibles they walked away with. Plus, a report on the very special tribute to co-founder CONTINUE READING…
If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about CONTINUE READING…
With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines. We’ve got some toys that CONTINUE READING…
BattleForce 2000 is an all-time favorite as an adult collector, yet as I’ve been around the G.I. Joe community, I’ve found that there’s not much love for BattleForce 2000. 1987 was generally the beginning of CONTINUE READING…
Yesterday, Hasbro Pulse began the month-long celebratory salute to G.I. Joe entitled Yo Joe June! The overall exciting news was, for the entire month of June, all new Classified series and Cobra Island Joe’s will CONTINUE READING…
The 90s saw the original run of the 3-3/4 in G.I. Joe A Real American Hero line continuing to surge into the era of the sub-team. Battle Corps, Ninja Force, Sonic Fighters, and more were CONTINUE READING…
There’s been a lot of Alf material on The Retro Network lately. On a recent episode of Wax Pack Flashback Jason opened a set of Alf trading cards and over on RD’s Retro Detention Alf CONTINUE READING…
In the first episode of our new YouTube series, Wax Pack Flashback, Mickey opens a pack of Impel GI Joe A Real American Hero trading cards from 1991 on YouTube. Jason responds with his own CONTINUE READING…
Elsewhere on The Retro Network is a post with my glowing review for the 35th anniversary of the GI Joe miniseries “The Revenge of Cobra”. A mere five years later and the GI Joe CONTINUE READING…
This is the 2nd part of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. We’ve got Mickey’s list today, and you can check out CONTINUE READING…
This is part one of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. Here’s Jason’s Top5 list, and you can see Mickey’s picks here. CONTINUE READING…
“The Revenge of Cobra” was the second mini series spotlighting the new GI Joe toy line (along with this cartoon and the Marvel Comics series). Airing over five weekdays, from September 10-14, 1984 these CONTINUE READING…
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